West Coast Resolution Group

West Coast Resolution Group, a division of the National Conflict Resolution Center, has one purpose: to provide exceptional and affordable mediation services to the legal community. To achieve that goal, we have assembled a core group of experienced neutrals with extensive experience mediating a variety of cases.

Our Mediators

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    Hon. Don Armento, Ret.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business/Contract
    • Insurance
    • Personal Injury
    • Real Estate
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    Douglas H. Barker, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Commercial Disputes
    • Construction
    • Insurance
    • Personal Injury
    • Real Estate
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    Shaun K. Boss, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business/Contract
    • Construction
    • Corporation
    • Homeowners Association
    • LLC Disputes
    • Partnership
    • Real Estate and Real Estate Brokerage
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    Jim Chodzko, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Construction Defect
    • Design Professional and Environmental Claims
    • Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
    • Personal Injury
    • Product Liability
    • Wrongful Death
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    Julie Cobalt, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Contract
    • Family Business
    • Homeowners Association
    • Landlord-Tenant
    • Large Groups
    • Multi-Party
    • Relational Disputes
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    Judy Copeland, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • All Trust & Probate Related Matters
    • Breach of Contract
    • Elder Law
    • Employment
    • Landlord-Tenant
    • Malpractice
    • Personal Injury
    • Professional Negligence
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    Merrianne Dean, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business Disputes
    • Conservatorships
    • Financial Elder Abuse
    • Probate and Trust
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    John Edwards, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business
    • Employment
    • Homeowners Association
    • Personal Injury
    • Professional Liability
    • Real Estate
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    Freddy Garmo, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business
    • Commercial Disputes
    • Partnership
    • Real Estate
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    Beth Golub, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business
    • Construction Defect
    • Homeowner Association
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Personal Injury
    • Real Estate
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    Robert J. Hanna, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Construction
    • Real Property
    • Title Insurance
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    Richard A. Heller, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business Disputes
    • Commercial Disputes
    • Probate
    • Trusts and Estates
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    Ralph E. Hughes, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Probate
    • Trusts and Estates
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    Laura Kass-Moreno, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business/Contract
    • Homeowner Association
    • Insurance
    • Intellectual Property and Transactional Entertainment Law
    • Landlord-Tenant
    • Personal Injury
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    Richard A. Paul, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Breach of Contract
    • Disability
    • Discrimination
    • Employment & Labor Law
    • Free Speech
    • Misclassification
    • Pay Equity
    • Retaliation
    • Tenure
    • Whistleblowing
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    James F. Pokorny, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Aviation & Air Crash Litigation
    • Business & Commercial Contracts
    • Insurance Coverage
    • Partnership Dissolution
    • Personal Injury
    • Products Liability
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    Jane Rheinheimer, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Employment
    • Professional Liability
    • Real Estate
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    Timothy G. Riley, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Advance Health Care Directives
    • Beneficiary Disputes
    • Characterization or Valuation of Assets
    • Conservatorship or Guardianship
    • Contested Creditors’ Claims
    • Fiduciary or Attorney Fee Disputes
    • Fiduciary Removal Issues
    • Probate
    • Proper Ownership
    • Will/Trust Contests
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    Gina D. Stein, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Surcharge
    • Contested Conservatorships
    • Financial Elder Abuse
    • Probate
    • Will/Trust Contests
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    John M. Turner, Esq.

    Practice Areas:
    • Business Matters
    • Construction Matters
    • Finance
    • Personal Disputes and Torts
    • Real Property

Our Staff

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    Veronica Montenegro

    Director of West Coast Resolution Group

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    Smhale (Sammi) Leon

    Program Manager, West Coast Resolution Group

  • Tiffany Alvord – NCRC member

    Tiffany Alvord

    Administrator, West Coast Resolution Group

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    Mireya (Miri) Pinell-Cruz

    Marketing and Event Coordinator

PRACTICE AREAS

West Coast mediators understand the complexities of litigation and are skilled at resolving a wide variety of disputes, including:

  • Employment, Workplace
  • Insurance
  • Personal Injury
  • Property Damage
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Real Estate
  • Business
  • Construction Defect
  • Commercial Disputes
  • Superior Court
  • Homeowner Association
  • Healthcare
  • Civil Rights
  • Design Professional and Environmental Claims
  • Probate/Conservatorship/ Trust Disputes
  • Will/Trust Contests
  • Elder Abuse
  • Professional Liability
  • Environmental/Land Use
  • Community
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